Realism in the Social Sciences

In Hilary Lawson & Lisa Appignanesi, Dismantling Truth: Reality in the Post-modern World. London: Weidenfeld (1989)
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To what extend do the standard tests for realism, say in the philosophy of mind, apply to the social sciences?

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